Mumbai: The firmer variant of paneer increasingly used in institutional kitchens is not traditional milk-based paneer, but a substitute known as analogue paneer. In response to consumer complaints about misleading substitutions, the food and drugs administration (FDA) has mandated that establishments using this product must clearly display notices on premises, menus, or packaging, disclosing its…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Congress MP R Sudha became the victim of a chain-snatching incident during her morning walk in the high-security diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri. She was on her way to the govt guest house when the incident occurred. It took place near the Niti Marg roundabout, a junction connecting Shanti Path and Nyaya…
Pune: The Pimpri Merchant Federation has written a letter to deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, urging immediate action to enhance security measures in the Pimpri Camp area.The demand follows a recent incident in which a 20-year-old college student sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen during an attempted robbery at a general store in Pimpri…
Mumbai: As part of the Coastal Road 2 project, which will connect Versova and Dahisar, the BMC needs to demolish the Veer Savarkar flyover in Goregaon, a structure built at a cost of Rs 27 crore and thrown open just seven years ago.The move has raised eyebrows, with some calling it an example of bad…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday accepted the closure report filed by CBI in a case registered against former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and others over allegations of irregular engagement of professionals in the PWD and payments made from unrelated project funds.The court of special judge Dig Vinay Singh noted that despite several years…
Pune: In yet another case of road rage, a man opened fire in the air after a motorcycle, driven by a 20-year-old unemployed youth, hit his car in Kolhewadi near Khadakwasla on Monday evening.Senior inspector Atul Bhos of the Nanded City police said, “We detained the car driver and his two relatives, all residents of…
Navi Mumbai: IIT-Bombay’s Environmental Status Report 2024-25 for Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) reveals that Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) does not currently monitor the water quality of polluted Taloja and Kasardi rivers, since water of these rivers are not used for drinking purposes. It concludes that the civic body should not approve construction of…
New Delhi: The committee set up by Municipal Corporation of Delhi to manage street dogs decided to enhance its supervision of 20 animal birth control (ABC) centres in the city and will also come out with a helpline number soon.A second meeting of the panel brought together experts, NGOs, dog feeders and civic officials to…
Pune: Calling the tree-cutting process illegal and unscientific, environmental activists and citizens sent over 1,000 objections at the hearing held at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s garden department office in Bhosari on Monday against the proposal to fell 1,009 trees between Wakad and Sangvi for the river front development project. Citizens demanded that the civic body…
Mumbai: Paving the way for local body elections in the state with a 27% quota for OBCs, Supreme Court on Monday confirmed its May 6 directions on OBC reservation in these elections and also ruled that the 2017 ward formations will apply. It directed the State Election Commission to issue the notification for the local…
